Table 4. Comparison of the prevalence of ever smoking among racial/ethnic groups within the same level of education between women and men aged 65-79 years.
%: age-standardized prevalence among adults with this level of education; aPR: adjusted prevalence ratio; CI: confidence interval; GED: high school diploma equivalent; AD: associate (community college) degree; College graduate: ≥ bachelor’s degree.
a aPRs in this column compare the prevalence within this level of education between adults in this racial/ethnic group and the White group after adjusting for the age group. An aPR > 1.00 indicates a significantly higher prevalence and an aPR < 1.00 indicates a significantly lower prevalence in this racial/ethnic group compared to White adults if the 95% CI does not include 1.00. An aPR with a 95% CI that does not include 1.00 indicates that the between-group difference in the prevalence was statistically significant at p < 0.05 after adjusting for age group.
b Meaningful difference in the prevalence at this level of education between adults in this racial/ethnic group compared to White adults based on a ≥ 1 percentage point difference between subgroups and an aPR that was statistically significant at p < 0.05.
| Level of education | White | Black | Latino | Filipino | Chinese | |||||
| % | aPR a (95% CI) | % | aPR a (95% CI) | % | aPR a (95% CI) | % | aPR a (95% CI) | % | aPR a (95% CI) | |
| Women | ||||||||||
| Non-high school graduate | 54.6 | (reference) | 53.6 | 0.99 (0.90-1.08) | 32.4 b | 0.60 (0.55-0.65) | 15.1 b | 0.27 (0.22-0.34) | 7.5 b | 0.14 (0.09-0.22) |
| High school graduate/GED | 50.1 | (reference) | 50.6 | 1.01 (0.96-1.07) | 36.2 b | 0.73 (0.68-0.77) | 21.8 b | 0.42 (0.36-049) | 15.4 b | 0.30 (0.24-0.37) |
| Some college/AD | 46.7 | (reference) | 46.4 | 1.00 (0.96-1.03) | 34.0 b | 0.73 (0.69-0.77) | 20.8 b | 0.44 (0.40-0.50) | 17.1 b | 0.36 (0.31-0.41) |
| College graduate | 37.7 | (reference) | 37.5 | 1.00 (0.95-1.05) | 26.6 b | 0.72 (0.67-0.78) | 9.7 b | 0.26 (0.23-0.29) | 10.3b | 0.27 (0.24-0.30) |
| Men | ||||||||||
| Non-high school graduate | 67.2 | (reference) | 74.9 b | 1.09 (1.03-1.17) | 57.4 b | 0.86 (0.81-0.91) | 64.6 | 0.96 (0.87-1.06) | 41.5 b | 0.61 (0.52-0.72) |
| High school graduate/GED | 66.4 | (reference) | 63.2 b | 0.95 (0.90-0.99) | 57.0 b | 0.86 (0.82-0.90) | 64.2 | 0.96 (0.90-1.03) | 40.5 b | 0.61 (0.53-0.69) |
| Some college/AD | 60.9 | (reference) | 61.0 | 1.00 (0.97-1.04) | 54.8 b | 0.90 (0.87-0.94) | 63.3 b | 1.05 (1.01-1.10) | 36.8 b | 0.60 (0.55-0.66) |
| College graduate | 43.1 | (reference) | 48.1 b | 1.12 (1.07-1.17) | 43.4 | 1.01 (0.96-1.06) | 52.4 b | 1.21 (1.17-1.26) | 24.8 b | 0.57 (0.54-0.61) |